This is great news for librarians, historians, genealogists, and teachers. The National Endowment for Humanities and The Library of Congress are partnering in the National Digital Newspaper program to digitize newspapers from 1836 to 1922. A collection will be available on the Internet through the Library of Congress in 2006. CNN, 11/18/2004: U.S. archives offer digital look at America’s past

This story was based on NEH Chaiman Bruce Cole’s speech: National Press Club Speech (16 November 2004) A sample from a military newspaper, The Stars and Stripes is available at The American Soldiers’ Newspaper of World War I, 1918-1919.